virtues and the virus.

this whole time i've been preaching
about how the stars,
each single one,
smiles just for you.
about how somewhere
along this road,
the center of gravity
has shifted from
the sun to your heart.
i've come to find
different in my travels
across your mind.
only to find,
let us begin.

i'd love to heal your wounds,
i'd love to love you forever.
i will never be able,
so i will break away.
i never thought this
world was real,
yet here we are.
a wonderland of sorts,
and i am alice.
i'm looking for a sign,
a sign of what i've done.
break away from streetlamps,
and have a little fun.
in this farewell, there's no alibi.
regret from truth, and a thousand lies.
i'm letting myself go,
let us begin.

somewhere in this wilderness,
the monsters live.
let us sail away, and stay here forever.
follow the stars east,
and fall back south.
all of the beauty
you keep in your mouth.
i stare up at the sky,
and the smoke runs free.
i'll never see what
you see in me.
it's so cold, but you know
we belong here.
shout to the sky, wonder.
tell it our names.
you get so quiet for me sometimes.
you get so wild and fire.
i see your face in the fire.
you dance like the fire.
you burn me like the fire.
i'll continue to dance,
and heaven can wait.
how do you ever hope
to enjoy this life
if you spend your nights
sleeping soundly?
bring me my crown,
and bring me your horizons.
bring me your eyes,
let us begin.



i've yet to see you walk ahead,
as if the monsters could catch us.
sometimes i want to be you,
and sometimes i don't want to be king.
sometimes i don't want another fight.

we are destruction, but from the darkness
there is light.

here come the monsters,
here is your gun.
we breathe heavy together,
we are done.

we are not the same.